Publications
We continuously update this site with papers that are published - either as a part of our projects or as review and perspective papers
LaKES
The lake habitat of salmonids and interaction with hydropower
Ecology of Freshwater
Fish
Lennox, R. J., Nilsen, C. I., Dahlmo, L. S., Berhe, S., Barlaup, B. T., Normann, E. S., Landro, Y., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Cooke, S. J., Vollset, K. W. (2024). A comparative study of the alternative life history of iteroparous salmonids. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, e12786. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12786
Marine Ecology
Lennox, R. J., Hanssen, E.M., Berhe, S., Normann, E.S., Barlaup, B. T., Nilsen, C. I., Dahlmo, L. S., Berhe, S., Vollset, K.W. (2024). Migratory contingents of brown trout reveal variable exposure to anthropogenic threats along a fjord-river continuum. Marine Ecology, 00, e12820. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12820
Movement Ecology
Dahlmo, L. S., Velle, G., Nilsen, C. I., Pulg, U., Lennox, R. J., Vollset, K. W. (2023). Behaviour of anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a hydropower regulated freshwater system. Mov Eco 11, 63. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00429-7
Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Science
Nilsen, C. I., Vollset, K. W., Velle, G., Barlaup, B. T., Normann, E. S., Stöger, E., Lennox, R. J. (2023). Atlantic salmon of wild and hatchery origin have different migration patterns. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2022-0120
Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Science
Nash AJ, Vollset KW, Hanssen EM, Berhe S, Salvanes AG, Isaksen TE, Barlaup BT, Lennox RJ. 2022. A tale of two fishes: depth preference of migrating Atlantic salmon smolt and predatory brown trout in a Norwegian lake. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 79(12): 2216-2224. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2022-0016
Ecology of Freshwater Fish
Hanssen, E. M., Vollset, K. W., Salvanes, A. G. V., Barlaup, B., Whoriskey, K., Isaksen, T. E., Normann, E. S., Hulbak, M., & Lennox, R. J. (2021). Acoustic telemetry predation sensors reveal the tribulations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts migrating through lakes. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 00, 1– 14. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12641
Fisheries
Lennox, R.J., Nilsen, C.I., Nash, A., Hanssen, E.M., Johannesen, H.L., Berhe, S., Barlaup, B. and Wiik Vollset, K. (2021), Laboratory and Field Experimental Validation of Two Different Predation Sensors for Instrumenting Acoustic Transmitters in Fisheries Research. Fisheries, 46: 565-573. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10669
Fisheries Management
and Ecology
Hulbak, M., Hanssen, E.M., Lennox, R.J., Salvanes, A.G.V., Barlaup, B., Gharbi, N., Nilsen, T.O. and Vollset, K.W. (2021), Validating timing of salmon smolt runs obtained by telemetry studies. Fish Manag Ecol, 28: 428-436. https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12495
Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Science
Lennox, R. J., Pulg, U., Malley, B., Gabrielsen, S. E., Hanssen, E. M., Cooke, S. J., ... & Vollset, K. W. (2020). The various ways that anadromous salmonids use lake habitats to complete their life history. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 78(1): 90-100. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0225
LOST
Deoxygenation of Norwegian fjords and its effect on the behaviour of the elasmobranchs spiny dogfish and thornback ray
Movement Ecology
Klöcker, C.A., Albert, O.T., Ferter, K. Bjelland, O., Lennox, R. J., Albretsen, J., Pohl, L., Dahlmo, L. S., Queiroz, N., & Junge, C. (2024). Seasonal habitat use and diel vertical migration in female spurdog in Nordic waters. Mov Ecol 12, 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-024-00498-2
PaCE
Running the gauntlet of pathogens and climate: impacts from infectious diseases on wild fish in the high north
Journal of Fish Diseases
Lennox, R. J., Eldøy, S. H., Schulze, A., Miller, K. M., Isaksen, T. E., Davidsen, J. G., Nilsen, C. I., Dahlmo, L. S., & Vollset, K. W. (2025). Application of conservation genomics to investigate the role of pathogens on the migration of sea-run brown trout (Salmo trutta). Journal of Fish Diseases, e14045. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.14045​
Journal of Marine Science
Vollset, K. W., Lennox, R. J., Davidsen, J. G., Eldøy, S. H., Isaksen, T. E., Madhun, A., ... & Miller, K. M. (2021). Wild salmonids are running the gauntlet of pathogens and climate as fish farms expand northwards. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78(1), 388-401.https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa138
Biology Letters
Vollset, K.W., Dohoo, I., & Lennox, R.J. (2023). The paradox of predation studies. Biology Letters 19(10): 20230354. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0354
SUPERSAT
Hydropower induced supersaturation in freshwaters
Ecohydrology
Velle, G., Isaksen, T. E., Lennox, R. J., & Pulg, U. (2024). Bubbling trouble: Effects of supersaturated water on benthic macroinvertebrates. Ecohydrology, 17(6), e2665. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2665
Science of the Total
Environment
Demars, B. O., Schneider, S. C., Thiemer, K., Dörsch, P., Pulg, U., Stranzl, S., Velle, G., & Pathak, D. (2024). Light and temperature controls of aquatic plant photosynthesis downstream of a hydropower plant and the effect of plant removal. Science of the Total Environment, 912, 169201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169201
Science of the Total Environment
Pulg, U., Lennox, R. J., Enqvist, M., Stranzl, S. F., Espedal, E. O., Schwarz, M., Lorke, A., Flödl, P., Hauer, C., Schletterer, M., Halleraker, J. H., & Velle, G. (2024). Assessing the potential for gas supersaturation downstream of hydropower plants in Norway, Austria and Germany. Science of the Total Environment, 948, 174645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174645
Scientific Reports
Höglund, E., Loland, L. Z., Høgberget, R., Skov, P. V., & Velle, G. (2024). No additional stress of sublethal gas supersaturation in a landlocked population of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) exposed to environmental acidification. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 3482. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53637-5
Hydrobiologia
Stenberg, S. K., Velle, G., Pulg, U., & Skoglund, H. (2022). Acute effects of gas supersaturation on Atlantic salmon smolt in two Norwegian rivers. Hydrobiologia, 849(2), 527-538. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04439-z
Ecohydrology
Lennox, R. J., Thiemer, K., Vollset, K. W., Pulg, U., Stranzl, S., Nilsen, C. I., Haugen, T. O., & Velle, G. (2021). Behavioural response of brown trout (Salmo trutta) to total dissolved gas supersaturation in a regulated river. Ecohydrology, e2363. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2363
Reports
(some may only be in Norwegian)
Reasearch report
Pulg, U., Isaksen, T. E., Velle, G., Vollset, K. W., Stranzl, S., Espedal, E. O., Bye-Ingebrigtsen, E., & Barlaup, B. T. (2018). Gassovermetning i vassdrag - en kunnskapsoppsummering. Uni Research Miljø LFI rapport 312. Uni Research Bergen. ISSN 1892-8889. http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2626856
Research report
Demars, B. O. L., Dörsch, P., Thiemer, K., Clayer, F., Schneider, S. C., Stranzl, S., Pulg, U., & Velle, G. (2021). Hydropower: gas supersaturation and the role of the aquatic plant photosynthesis for fish health. NIVA rapport; 7633-2021. ISSN 1894-7948. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2760314
Research report
Demars, B. O. L., Schneider, S. C., Thiemer, K., Dörsch, P., Pulg, U., Stranzl, S., Velle, G., & Pathak, D. (2023). Annual changes in aquatic plant photosynthesis in the
regulated river Otra and the effect of plant removal. NIVA-rapport; 7858-2023. ISSN 1894-7948. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3070445
Research report
Vilberg, I., Szabo-Meszaros, M., Pulg, U., & Velle, G. (2023). Supersaturation in hydropower installations. SINTEF Energi-rapport; 2023:01201. ISBN 978-82-14-07827-5. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3107046
RePress
Return of the otter - Aggravation of human-wildlife conflicts and potential for mitigation strategies for coastal areas under pressure
Freshwater Biology
Sortland, L. K., Lennox, R. J., Velle, G., Vollset, K. W., & Kambestad, M. (2023). Impacts of predation by Eurasian otters on Atlantic salmon in two Norwegian rivers. Freshwater Biology, 68(7), 1176-1193. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14095
Wildlife Biology
Lennox, R. J., Dahlmo, L. S., Ford, A. T., Sortland, L. K., Vogel, E. F., & Vollset, K. W. (2023). Predation research with electronic tagging. Wildlife Biology, 2023: e01045. https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01045
Restoration Ecology
Lennox, R., Kambestad, M., Berhe, S., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Cooke, S. J., Dahlmo, L. S., ... & Vollset, K. (2024). The role of habitat in predator-prey dynamics and its applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14354
Restoration Ecology
Lennox, R., Kambestad, M., Berhe, S., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Cooke, S. J., Dahlmo, L. S., ... & Vollset, K. (2024). The role of habitat in predator-prey dynamics and its applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14354
Biology Letters
Vollset, K.W., Dohoo, I., & Lennox, R.J. (2023). The paradox of predation studies. Biology Letters 19(10): 20230354. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0354
Other projects
Movement Ecology
Lennox, R. J., Eldøy, S. H., Dahlmo, L. S., Matley, J. K., Vollset, K. W. (2023). Acoustic accelerometer transmitters and their growing relevance to aquatic science. Mov Ecol 11, 45. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00403-3
Journal of Fish Biology
Lennox RJ, Stöger E, Dahlmo LS, Helle T, Wiers T, Hanssen EM, Vollset KW. 2022. Effects of tag type and surgery on migration of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts. Journal of Fish Biology, 101(3), 515-521. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15116
Science
Nathan, R., Monk, C. T., Arlinghaus, R., Adam, T., Alós, J., Assaf, M., Baktoft, H., Beardsworth, C. E., Bertram, M. G., Bijleveld, A. I., Brodin, T., Brooks, J. L., Campos-Candela, A., Cooke, S. J., Gjelland, K. Ø., Gupte, P. R., Harel, R., Hellström, G., Jeltsch, F., ... Jarić, I. (2022). Big-data approaches lead to an increased understanding of the ecology of animal movement. Science, 375(6582), [eabg1780]. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abg1780
Oecologia
Notte, D.V., Lennox, R.J., Hardie, D.C. & Crossin, G. T. (2022) Application of machine learning and acoustic predation tags to classify migration fate of Atlantic salmon smolts. Oecologia, 198(3), 605-618. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-022-05138-3
Aquaculture
Environment Interactions
Mohn AM, Vollset KW, Karlsbakk E (2020) Making the best of lousy circumstances: the impact of salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis on depth preference of sea trout Salmo trutta. Aquacult Environ Interact 12:215-229. https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00360
Methods in Ecology &
Evolution
Lennox, R. J., Aarestrup, K., Alós, J., Arlinghaus, R., Aspillaga, E., Bertram, M. G., ... & Baktoft, H. (2023). Positioning aquatic animals with acoustic transmitters. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(10), 2514-2530. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14191
Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Science
Lennox, R. J., Afonso, P., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Dahlmo, L. S., Nilsen, C. I., Arlinghaus, R., ... & Reubens, J. (2023). Tracking aquatic animals to understand a world increasingly shaped by a changing climate and extreme weather events. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2023-0145